Is heatstroke a problem?

Cambodia offers plenty of opportunity to suffer from simple sunburn to potentially fatal heat stroke. Fortunately prevention is easy. Wear sunscreen, even on cloudy days, stay out of the sun during the middle and hottest parts of the day, and wear light clothes covering as much of the skin as possible. If you sunbathe sensibly, you can still take a tan home. Heat exhaustion is basically dehydration and symptoms include headaches, fatigue and light headedness. Treatment is simply getting out of the sun, taking it easy and drinking plentiful water. Heat stroke is worse, and involves a rise in body temperature, painful headaches, very little sweating, convulsions, delirium and in more serious cases unconsciousness. Victims should be cooled with wet towels and taken to a hospital.

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